Tag: Review

Movie Review: Birdemic: Shock and Terror

“Birdemic: Shock and Terror” on IMDB

Horror, 90 Minutes, 2010

My son made us watch this.  Apparently some guy on YouTube did a review and he just had to see it.  It was on NetFlix which fooled us into thinking it was actually a movie.  So we watched it.

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Movie Review: Control Alt Delete

“Control Alt Delete” on IMDB

Drama/Comedy, 93 Minutes, 2008

[The third and last movie in our unexpected Tyler Labine [IMDB] film festival.   After watching two in a row by accident, we decided to hit up our good friend NetFlix for others and this floated up.]

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Movie Review: Tucker and Dale vs Evil

“Tucker and Dale vs Evil” on IMDB

Horror/Comedy, 89 Minutes, 2010

[The second movie in our unexpected Tyler Labine [IMDB] film festival.   It became a “film festival” when we said “hey – that’s the guy from the last movie!”  Our rules for these things are clearly somewhat loose, but we find they work for us.]

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Movie Review: A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

“A Good Old Fashioned Orgy” on IMDB

Comedy, 95 Minutes, 2011

[This movie is the first in what unexpectedly became a Tyler Labine [IMDB] film festival when we coincidentally watched two movies starring him in a row.]

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Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man

“The Amazing Spider-Man” on IMDB

Action, 136 Minutes, 2012

No matter where you fall on the question of a character reboot this soon after the Sam Raimi trilogy or the whole “Mary Jane Watson versus Gwen Stacey” thing or even the “biologic versus mechanical web shooters” decision it’s hard to argue that this isn’t a damn good movie.  That said it’s impossible to talk about this without drawing comparisons to Sam Raimi’s masterful effort released a very short 10 years ago – but we’re not bitter!

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Movie Review: Jennifer’s Body

“Jennifer’s Body” on IMDB

Horror, 102 Minutes, 2009:

[This is the seventh review for this edition of  my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival.]

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Movie Review: Arctic Blast

“Arctic Blast” on IMDB

Sci-fi, 92 Minutes, 2010

[This is the sixth review for this edition of  my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival.  Yes, we’re back to the schlock.]

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Movie Review: The People vs George Lucas

“The People vs George Lucas” on IMDB

Documentary, 70 Minutes, 2011

[This is the fifth review for this edition of  my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival.  Consider this a palette cleanser between the schlock.]

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Movie Review: Rise of the Animals

“Rise of the Animals” on IMDB

Horror/Comedy, 70 Minutes, 2011:

[This is the fourth review for this edition of  my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival.]

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